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BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary Reza Pahlavi, the older son of the late Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, warned in a video interview that U.S. taxpayer-funded media outlets broadcasting to Iran — Radio Farda operating within Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary A U.S. federal government employee who works as a reporter for taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) and collects a six-figure salary has reposted on a personal but public Facebook page a photo of North Korean communist leader…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary The mismanaged and ailing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and its mission are not even mentioned once in the White House FY 2019 Budget Summary document, but the agency still run by Obama administration era holdover officials…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Respect must be earned by managers and that’s something that senior executives in charge of taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) have failed to do with disastrous consequences for the mission and journalists, as seen…Read more

OPINION RFE/RL, VOA – Total Meltdown 5.0 for BBG in Russia US Government International Media In Need of Crisis Management By The Federalist Part One: Know Your Audience When it comes to the Broadcasting Board of…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Matthew Baise, the Director of Digital Strategy for U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), gave a smug response to an Iranian American, a former VOA Persian Service employee, who spoke up to challenge his assertions at Monday’s…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Among those disagreeing with Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and Voice of America (VOA) officials is former Chinese political prisoner, human rights activist Zhang Lin who has recently returned to the United States after being imprisoned by…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) produced and posted online a video of Angela Davis at the Women’s March in Washington, DC in January 2017 without including any balancing material in the video or identifying her as…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Dr. Marina Vashakmadze, a well-known and highly respected journalist and media scholar in Georgia, has resigned as RFE/RL Bureau Chief in Tbilisi. She follows in the footsteps of other award-winning women journalists who also have resigned recently…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Some of the most prominent academics, writers, artists, and human rights activists in Georgia have signed an open letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Senate and the White…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary In an interview with John Loeffler for his “Steel on Steel” radio program on January 20, 2018, Iran expert, journalist and writer Kenneth R. Timmerman said that many Iranian protesters call the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary UK-based award-winning investigative reporter Shahida Tulaganova joined another award-winning journalist Khadija Ismayilova, a former political prisoner in Azerbaijan, in criticizing the management of their former employer, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) for killing journalism, creativity…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary After quitting in frustration her freelancer position with U.S. tax-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), award-winning investigative journalist Khadija Ismailova (alternative spelling Khadija Ismayil), who while still working for RFE/RL was at one time a…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former VOA acting associate director who is one of the co-founders and supporters of BBG Watch, has an op-ed in today’s Washington Examiner on the Voice of America coverage of the Iranian protests and…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary January 23rd was the 50th anniversary of the Pueblo incident. As recalled in an excellent scholarly article, “‘We will fight them to the last man’: North Korea and the USS Pueblo” posted in the Wilson Center blog…Read more

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The long-range interests of the United States are served by communicating directly with the peoples of the world by radio. To be effective, the Voice of America must win the attention and respect of listeners. These principles will therefore govern Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts:

1. VOA will serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news. VOA news will be accurate, objective, and comprehensive.

2. VOA will represent America, not any single segment of American society, and will therefore present a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant American thought and institutions.

3. VOA will present the policies of the United States clearly and effectively, and will also present responsible discussions and opinion on these policies.

Gerald R. Ford

President of the United States of America

Signed July 12, 1976

Public Law 94-350

Violations of VOA Charter

In 2016, the Voice of America posted one-sided attacks on Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in violation of the VOA Charter.